You are very strong, but my painting style is better than yours!

"Forget it~"

Iori smiled without saying a word, while Yuuki was equally nonchalant: "They're all trivial matters. No matter how many secrets you have, all I know is that Aizen Iori is my 'family'—that's enough."

The boy knew that no matter how careful he was, he could not completely hide his secrets, so he did not pay much attention to this aspect. He was carefree and casual in everything he did, but he adhered to his bottom line. This attitude was actually very endearing to Yuki.

—Because she also has a secret that she keeps from everyone, and she is confident that this secret is even more shocking than Iori's.

After all, no one would have thought that a mere Shinigami student would possess spiritual pressure at the level of a vice-captain, and that his Zanpakuto would have the power to control everything!

"There's one more thing." Yuki composed herself, brushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear, and in the setting sun, her jet-black hair looked as if she were wearing a crimson veil, with a faint fragrance like that of gardenias wafting through the air.

"Thank you for putting my glasses on... I really like this gift."

“Because we are ‘family’.” Iori’s expression was gentle, but for a moment her pupils contracted slightly, and she felt even more excited.

Just now, a notification sounded in his mind:

[CG included]

【The Day the Cunning Glasses Began】

Category: Bond CG

Grade: C+ (High item drop rate)

Quality: Legendary (Increased chance of obtaining high-level rewards)

Extraction in progress...

Calculation in progress...

Rewards Overview —

Attribute value:

Physical Strength - Minor Improvement

Endurance · Minor Improvement

Mental strength slightly increased

Talents & Skills:

[Discard Chanting (Mastery)]

• Skills, which can be upgraded

Shortening or omitting the incantation for releasing the demonic path has the side effect of reducing its power, but the higher the proficiency, the smaller the decrease.

"Mastery" means being able to maintain the power of the Demonic Path at around 40-50%.

[The Cunning Glasses]

Talents cannot be upgraded.

Wearing glasses can easily give people the impression of being a nice guy. It's not about reducing your presence, but about making yourself seem "harmless".

Required prop: old-fashioned glasses (or naturally squinty eyes).

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Tsk! Is it just a bond CG?

While attribute values ​​and skills are valuable, I still really want special CGs that can enhance the art style!

After all, this is Bleach, where the art style determines the entire world view!

Main character: Aizen Iori (currently)

Identifier: Aizen Iori

Race: Human & Spirit

Occupation: Grim Reaper (Candidate)

Status: Rapid growth

Attributes that can be improved: Stamina, Endurance, Spirit, Mobility, Accuracy, Evasion

~Specific values ​​are not displayed~

Art style rating: 28

(You can't stay low-key, because no one can ignore your hidden talents, or rather, your inner beauty.)

Spiritual pressure limit: 390

Current spiritual pressure: 375

talent:

【The Perfect Shinigami】(from Aizen: Bonds of Genius)

Balanced development, rapid growth, and a well-rounded individual.

Consistent training leads to all-round improvement, preventing the development of weaknesses due to spreading energy across multiple areas and resulting in a lack of expertise.

On the contrary, because each skill is a specialty, it appears to lack distinctiveness.

【Elegant as Poetry】(From Spring Water, The Wanderer's Bonds)

• Enhances external charm, regardless of gender, and has the talent to generate positive feelings in others.

His words and actions were unrestrained yet not vulgar, lustful yet not obscene, and he maintained elegance, composure, and freedom.

[The Cunning Glasses] (from Aizen)

Wearing glasses can easily give people the impression of being a nice guy. It's not about reducing your presence, but about making yourself seem "harmless".

Required prop: old-fashioned glasses (or naturally squinty eyes).

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skill:

Kendo - Minor Success

White-handed - Minor Success

Instant Step - Minor Mastery

Ghost Path - Minor Success

(The above is influenced by talent, and should be improved in a balanced way)

[Discard Chanting (Mastery)]

• Skills, which can be upgraded

Shortening or omitting the incantation for releasing the demonic path has the side effect of reducing its power, but the higher the proficiency, the smaller the decrease.

"Mastery" means being able to maintain the power of the Demonic Path at around 40-50%.

Chapter 3: Using regular cheats is no longer popular.

As someone with limited spiritual pressure aptitude, it would be almost impossible for Iori to make a name for himself in Soul Society. However, it's possible that he did a lot of good deeds in his past life, which led God to close one door while opening another.

[Complete CG Collection Guide]!

This thing that pops up in Iori's mind like a shameless advertisement can be considered a cheat code, one of the assets he has after transmigrating.

However, unlike the cheat-like systems popular on certain platforms, such as sign-in for rewards, easy leveling up, and unconventional task completion, Iori's system is quite... troublesome.

Simply put, this is a system where you collect various CG images randomly and exchange them for rewards.

CGs are further divided into four categories: Normal, Bond, Complete, and Art Style—with their rarity increasing in that order.

Both "Normal CG" and "Bond CG" drop attribute points or skill talents, but the former has a pitifully low drop rate, and even if you get one, it's usually not much. The latter, on the other hand, is relatively valuable and can directly improve your strength.

"Clearance CG" is an extremely rare CG that can only be obtained when the story comes to a certain point or the world-building has progressed to a certain stage, and the corresponding rewards are also amazing:

[Open the door to another world]

The implication is that this encyclopedia system is capable of allowing Iori to travel freely between different worlds.

In fact, Iori did receive a card after being admitted to the Central Spiritual Arts Academy and obtaining the identity of "Apprentice Grim Reaper," and she tried it out... but the actual experience was somewhat subtle.

Another world... is not some paradise on earth.

All three types of CGs have their uses, but Iori desires and relies on the last one the most:

[Art Style CG]

• Obtaining an indefinite amount of art style points based on specific circumstances is essentially about collecting the influence one has on the world, solidifying it and adding it to oneself, and then putting it into effect in a way that conforms to the current worldview.

• This means increasing the size of its own "container" according to a certain proportion, breaking the original constraints and accelerating the growth rate to realize its potential.

(Taking "Bleach" as an example, with Iori's aptitude, he could only raise his spiritual pressure to around 100 before encountering a bottleneck.)

But with the added bonus of art style value, the upper limit can be raised to the thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even more!

Before his spiritual pressure reaches this level, he will grow rapidly without encountering any bottlenecks!

The specific conversion ratio of art style value fluctuates depending on the importance of "art style" in this world view.

For example, the art style (prestige) is extremely important in "Bleach", so the ratio is set at the highest of 1:10, with 10 points of art style resulting in 100 points of spiritual pressure limit.

However, in One Piece, the ratio for exchanging Haki is only about one to three.

The speed and purity of the converted energy will also be improved to a level that matches the corresponding realm.

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This thing is extremely useful!

According to the explanation, even in the cultivation world, the art style value can still be converted into the upper limit of magic power. The point that it can be "raised to match the corresponding realm" means that as long as the quantity is high, it is no problem to rise all the way to the Great Luo Golden Immortal, and at the same time, it can also purify magic power!

Of course, in the world of cultivation, attempting to break through to a higher realm like this will most likely result in being punished by heavenly tribulation lightning...

However, most anime worlds, including Bleach, don't have the concept of lightning tribulation, so Iori doesn't need to worry too much.

While other CGs also have their uses, they are clearly not as precious as this one, and Iori has always put a lot of effort into it.

Over the years, he has gradually collected 28 points of art style value, which greatly expanded his own "capacity". The superposition of these points raised his spiritual pressure limit to 390.

He indeed encountered no obstacles on his path of cultivation, and grew naturally to his current state as if a melon had ripened and fallen from its vine—spiritual pressure 375.

This number may not seem like much, but based on Iori's usual interactions and perceptions, it is estimated that a vice-captain level Shinigami would have a spiritual pressure of around five or six hundred.

As for the captain-level Grim Reapers... Iori has basically only come into contact with the like-minded old rogue Shunsui, and the old man Yamamoto who occasionally comes to inspect the school. Iori's current strength is completely unable to fathom the depth of these two.

Under normal circumstances, it would take a Grim Reaper hundreds of years to grow into a vice-captain, even with sufficient talent.

Iori, on the other hand, had only been here for three or four years, and had officially begun her training at the Spirit Arts Academy. In less than two years, she had already approached this standard.

Moreover, this is just the beginning for Iori!

The stronger he becomes, the more important figures he will come into contact with, which will also increase his efficiency in collecting CGs. His art style value will rise accordingly, and his "aptitude" and "capacity" will explode exponentially!

His upgrade speed will eventually surpass that of geniuses like Aizen and Toshiro, as well as overpowered characters like Ichigo.

Unfortunately, the triggering of CGs has a certain degree of randomness, and he has no way of controlling what type it is.

Sometimes a card pops up during interactions with other people, and sometimes it appears automatically without him doing anything.

For example, he used to pester Aizen all the time, hoping that their interactions would trigger a CG, but in the end he got nothing.

On the contrary, one day when she was opening the shop, she finished working with her mother-in-law and Aizen and chatted together, and a bond CG appeared: [True Family].

Later, Iori gradually figured it out and felt that the key might lie in things like "famous scenes", "commemorative significance", or "fashion value".

Following the pattern, he has collected quite a few CGs over the years. Even though the drop rate is comparable to some mobile games, and rare [art style CGs] are still relatively few, after combining many attributes and increasing his original spiritual pressure limit, he can now be considered to have achieved some success.

In the eyes of others, Iori is already a "prodigy". After all, he has only been enrolled for a little over a year, but his spiritual pressure is already comparable to that of the senior members of the Gotei 13. Even if he were put into the Gotei 13 now, he could easily become a seat officer!

Don't underestimate the mere position of a Seat Officer (top ten in the team). It may not sound like much, but if a Shinigami from Rukongai were to advance to this level, it would be considered a remarkable achievement. Even the nobility would look at a Seat Officer-level Shinigami with special regard.

Given Iori's starting point, the fact that he possesses a spiritual pressure at the level of a seated official at this age suggests a promising future, and calling him a "genius" wouldn't be an exaggeration.

But Iori knew very well what the use of this title of "genius" was:

It’s useless!

Is a two-year attendance record considered genius?

Do you know that Gin Ichimaru graduated in a year and, before he'd even grown his hair, single-handedly defeated three of the team's seats?

Do you know that Aizen reached the limit of a Shinigami in just over two hundred years, and could not go any further?